Pate?

So I bought pate from Trader Joe's the other day. I had seen it there for months but never bought it, and one day I finally worked up the courage and---oh my GOD it was the most disgusting thing I've eaten in a loooooooong time. Tasted just the way canned dog food smells, even has that gel on top...is there a reason everyone else seems to like it and a way I can?? I was hoping to like it so that I'd get some organ meats in my diet :/

LOL, thats too bad! I had it for the first time in Kindergarten and it was presented as a special "picnic" food with crackers. I've loved it ever since. The "gel" is full of gelatin and is very good for you too, though some people can't get over savory jello
I don't know how you would acquire a taste for it, other than keep trying. Inside celery maybe? on slices of cheese? I like it straight up, but it reminds me of when I ate it on soft bagguette

Ha ha, I love it too, but sometimes the bought stuff can be pretty disgusting. I suggest you buy a really good one that contains just the basic pate ingredients and try that. I love it on toast (shhh, don't tell anyone) for breakfast.

I hate liver too. But I really need it in my diet. I have taken to using lamb liver, freezing it, then cutting it in to cubes and taking it like pills. I am a very adventurous eater and have even grown to enjoy bone marrow - but liver just kills me. I can eat a little bit once in a while, but then my gag reflex takes over.

I can eat some pate - but I am egg and dairy free and it usually contains both.

Using low lectin/nightshade free primal to control autoimmune arthritis. (And lost 50 lbs along the way )

I hate liver too. But I really need it in my diet. I have taken to using lamb liver, freezing it, then cutting it in to cubes and taking it like pills. I am a very adventurous eater and have even grown to enjoy bone marrow - but liver just kills me. I can eat a little bit once in a while, but then my gag reflex takes over.

I can eat some pate - but I am egg and dairy free and it usually contains both.

That's a really good idea, freezing it and everything! I might do that, thanks

Why not make your own? It is easy, you can control the proportion of liver in the mix, i.e. make it mainly duck, or pork, rabbit, and if it is a strong flavour (like the duck) you won't even notice the liver. But the nutritional benefit will be there. All you need is a mincer (grinder) and a container to put in the oven. No other special equipment.

Recipes - google duck pate or pork pate or country pate - or I can post my basic method, which I vary according to what main flavour I fancy.

It is also a brilliant vehicle for adding any micro nutrients - a little turmeric, or lots of garlic and thyme and juniper berries etc.

Ok I love pate but all my life I've eaten it on toast or a thick slice of fresh bread!!! Just wondering how u guys eat it now?

H x

An English girl who's been on lots of different diets, weight gone up and down but always been a naturalist at heart and have always wondered why "Conventional Wisdom" diets don't allow you to eat red meat and nuts - that are purely natural things?! So feel I've found my niche in the PB/Paleo Lifestyle and really want to make this my way of life for good!!!